Anyone else feel like Eren, that the so-called defenders should have defended instead of just turning tail? I know that outside the wall the scouts just got slaughtered but man, they could have done better IMO. Pretty sad showing for the humans in the first 2 episodes... very weak as Eren says. Can't wait to see the scene from the OP with the new army doing a synchro jump to the top of the wall but have the feeling it will be quite a few episodes before we see that.

It's character development time. The next few eps will be training/overcoming emotional and physical hurdles and then once our characters are past that, they'll start fighting the good fight. I haven't read the manga or anything, but that's typically how these go. They may throw in some curve balls that I'm not expecting, though.

They have 25 episodes to work with so they don't have to rush into them taking the fight to the Titans. Looks like a pretty big time skip as it is.

Aye, but there will have to be some fights along the way to keep us interested.

Just imagine yourself but what I dont get from this is how they havent developed weapon to counter these giants. Like shooting a precise fast projectile weapon into their eyes that explodes ... lol except for that titan that showed up out of nowhere lol...they are bigger and faster.

for example when you are getting attack by a big dog and you dont have a weapon..., you dont give up ,you immediately grab their neck , take control , and hope there is no pack of dogs lol.

Why didnt this community develop tunnels. I have a problem with stories when humans are ,,,well,,,, at the mercy of ....

Just imagine yourself but what I dont get from this is how they havent developed weapon to counter these giants. Like shooting a precise fast projectile weapon into their eyes that explodes ... lol except for that titan that showed up out of nowhere lol...they are bigger and faster.

for example when you are getting attack by a big dog and you dont have a weapon..., you dont give up ,you immediately grab their neck , take control , and hope there is no pack of dogs lol.

Why didnt this community develop tunnels. I have a problem with stories when humans are ,,,well,,,, at the mercy of ....

Their own stupidity? Yes Me too.

I like the show but I think this will be a "check your brain at the door and just enjoy it" kind of action anime. If I think too hard about the years they have spent NOT developing any better way of surviving, it makes my head hurt...

iashakezula: I agree... some things about the show were like... jackiechanwhy.jpg. lol The little Titans seem to be vulnerable to cannon fire,, ust before the second wall breach, one of the normal sized ones got taken out by a cannon ball.

But you would think that tunnels or... you know those cannons on the wall tops would have been used. Or even spread out the population into several mega cities so that not everyone is corraled together like a titan buffet.

Just imagine yourself but what I dont get from this is how they havent developed weapon to counter these giants. Like shooting a precise fast projectile weapon into their eyes that explodes ... lol except for that titan that showed up out of nowhere lol...they are bigger and faster.

for example when you are getting attack by a big dog and you dont have a weapon..., you dont give up ,you immediately grab their neck , take control , and hope there is no pack of dogs lol.

Why didnt this community develop tunnels. I have a problem with stories when humans are ,,,well,,,, at the mercy of ....

The reasoning is simple.

Because... anime.

You can throw all kinds of assumptions into the mix to explain it, though. The first thing I thought when seeing those, whatever they call them, strapped to the soldiers hips was that there's no way they would ever actually work or be practical in a fight. You can find all kinds of things wrong in just about every anime if you really want to.

Though I do need to find out what's in Eren's basement, behind the locked door that key opens around his neck. Hopefully the secret weapon his dad stashed down there wasn't ruined. Note I don't read the manga or anything so this is 100% pure speculation but I still thought I'd spoiler tag this.

I like the show but I think this will be a "check your brain at the door and just enjoy it" kind of action anime. If I think too hard about the years they have spent NOT developing any better way of surviving, it makes my head hurt...

I agree with this too... I am going to have to turn my brain off while watching it or I will end up with a headache from all the wtf. xD

...And then theres the gigantic multiple walls that are 50m tall, constructed a hundred years ago. Huh? How? Unless they had enslaved the titans and made them build it. lol Maybe all their tech was wasted on the walls?

I remembered something that I read somewhere:

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Electrified thingies-around-their-waists... that's what's in the basement. I think the Survey Corp is just using those things with normal blades.